Consortium for the Advancement of Shape Memory Alloy Research and Technology

SMST recently teamed up with a small international organization of leading players in the SMA actuation field known as CASMART (Consortium for the Advancement of Shape Memory Alloy Research and Technology). CASMART was established in 2006 by government, university, and industry participants to promote the growth and adoption of SMA actuation technologies.

While the group was initially focused on the aerospace sector, it has broadened its scope to SMA-based actuation across industries and includes all aspects of SMA material to application development. CASMART technical work has focused on the intersection of four areas: fundamental technology development, alloy development, material/system modeling, and SMA actuation design and applications.

SMST and CASMART share similar goals, in particular furthering SMA technology and disseminating relevant technical work on materials with shape-memory properties. CASMART seeks to achieve new understanding of the SMA materials, foster dissemination of technical knowledge, facilitate application of that knowledge, and work toward commercialization of the technology.